Phodoryctis thrypticosema
Phodoryctis thrypticosema is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa and Zimbabwe.[2]
Phodoryctis thrypticosema | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phodoryctis |
Species: | P. thrypticosema |
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Phodoryctis thrypticosema (Vári, 1961)[1] | |
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The larvae feed on Craibia brevicaudata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a moderate, irregular, narrowly oblong, semi-transparent blotch-mine on the upperside of the leaf.
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